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GEORGE D. WILCOX, OF PROVIDENCE- RHODEv ISLAND.

Lefier's'paimt Nql 77,429, dated April 28, 186s.

IMPROVEMENT 1N Moerman-BRUSHES.

@te 'rlgehule feierten in im ilgist'lettets stmt 'mit mukitij ym' nf itesm. l

To ALL' WHOM 1r MAY oo'NoERN: l *Be it known that I, GEORGE D. WILcox, of the city and county of'Providence, in the Statie'of Rhode Is1'und, bave invented a new andl useful Instrumentfor Spreading Mucilage or'otller adhesive gum or paste, compound; and Ido hereby declare that the following specification, taken in connection with the drawing making a'part of the same, is a full, clear, and exacty description thereof.

Theor-*ticle is fully represented in the drawing in perspective. `All persons who have occasion to make 'use (gf-tbe ordinary mucilage-.bot'tle and brush, have4 experienced tbefinconvenience vwhich results from the stiioning of 'the bristles of the brush from the accumulation ofmu'ciL -agcupon them.

Asltbe'mucilage dries upon the bristles, they become much enlarged- Ain sizc,and lspread apart from each other, so 'astobecome of little`b`etter service than a stick-of tbe same size.

inateriaL-as, forexample, gnttapercha or India rubber. v l

In the drawing, A is the ordinary'handle appropriate forV such fbrusbes,zmd B'the wellknown cap for tlie bottle. -C is a Hap, which maybe madeof 4gutta. perclia, India; rubber, nhalebone, or other material possessing lexibility,;and 'capable of being made in the form shown, from'a. single pie'e,'but notbaving the capacity to absorb tbe uiucilageor adhesive mixture. l

Tlieiapmay'be scoured in a holder,-D,'oil metaLin an obvious way. Tbefadvantages which the instru- My"iu'l'prorement consists inl substituting, in place'of the bristleslcommonly employed, acpofii'cxible mentpossessesere, that vit takes'up, by adhesion to itssurface, all 'the mucilage .required,'wi`thout lbecoming` overcharged by absorption.

The quantity of mucilgc to besprcad upon the peper tofbepasted can ybe more nicely regulated, and it can bemore easily applied to the paper at the points where it is Wanted by this instrument than by .the brush in conmon use. i v V Besides', too, wheneverthe ilap becomes stiienled by the.drying Aol' the muclase upon its surface, it can be readily put into as good condition 'as 'before by washing. l

I am aware4 that a clanipc'ning-brnshlof India rubber, covered -by au absorbent of cloth, has been before used..k I do not claim, tbereforc,4 broadly,a exible apin-ono"pie`c'e, in place of bristles, where 'the same is made ot' a material which is anon-absorbent, or practically so.

What I claim as my invention, and' desire to secure by 'Letters Patent, isl The improved instrument for spreading mucilage oradhesive compositions, substantially as heroin described.

I i 'GEORGE D WILGOX. Witnesses:

WILLiAM W. RICHARD,

'JAMES M. -Cosisnovrn4 

